296 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 5

spiritual movement for this age, has recommended that one chant Hare
Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama,
Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

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ab-bhakséh katicin madsan
katicid vayu-bhojanah

Gradhayan mantram imam
abhyasyanta idaspatim

om namo narayanaya
purusdya mahatmane

visuddha-sattva-dhisnyadya
mahd-hamsdya dhimahi

ap-bhakséh—drinking only water; katicit mésén—for some months;
katicit—for some; vaéyu-bhojanah—merely breathing, or eating air;
Grddhayan—worshiped; mantram imam—this mantra, which is
nondifferent from Narayana; abhyasyantah—practicing; idah-patim—
the master of all mantras, Lord Visnu; orm—O Lord; namah—respectful
obeisances; ndrayand@ya—unto Lord Narayana; purusdya—the
Supreme Person; mahda-dtmane—the exalted Supersoul; visuddha-
sattva-dhisnyaya—who is always situated in the transcendental abode;
maha-harhsdya —the great swanlike Personality of Godhead; dhimahi—
we always offer.

TRANSLATION

For a few months the sons of Prajapati Daksa drank only water
and ate only air. Thus undergoing great austerities, they recited
this mantra: “‘Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto
